New Year Honours: the 18 people from Dorset honoured by the Queen

Three OBEs, six MBEs, eight British Empire Medals and one Queen's Police Medal have been awarded. 

Here's the complete list.

Dr Martin Warren, chief executive of Dorset-based charity Butterfly Conservation, has been awarded the OBE. 

He has published more than 300 scientific papers and reports and is co-author of several books.

Earlier this year, Dr Warren announced that he is to step down from the role after more than 22 years and intends to continue working part time for the organisation.

John Lelliott, formerly interim chief financial officer of the Crown Estate, was also awarded an OBE.

Mr Lelliott is also a non-executive director of the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch NHS Foundation Trust and a trustee and vice-chair of Asthma UK.

Brian Hooper, chairman of the Ambitions Academy Trust has been awarded the OBE for services to education.

The Bournemouth 'superhead' retired in August after two years as the chief executive.

Before that he was a head teacher for 18 - at Bournemouth's Tregonwell School - working the last seven as a National Leader of Education. 

Under his leadership AAT have taken the failing St Aldhelm's and turned it into an outstanding school. They also run Queen's Park, King's Park, Longspee and Manorside.

Dr Janice Peters, from Christchurch, has been awarded the MBE for services to women in science.

The academic has passionately campaigned to keep men and women connected to science during career breaks.

Dr Peters, who lives in Christchurch, was honoured for her services to women in engineering and science following a career as a scientist, researcher, campaigner and volunteer.

Since 2002, Dr Peters has specialised in the field of diversity in science and technology, establishing company Katalytik Ltd.

She has been at the forefront of many campaigns for gender equality and diversity, and has been actively involved in voluntary work for the Women's Engineering Society.

In 2007, she established the Science Sisters as part of a team of 10 mums who set out to help Dorset schools to engage children in science by challenging perceptions.

In addition, Dr Peters co-founded community group Mission Ignition to campaign for Christchurch’s former Museum of Electricity to re-open.

Campaigners want to reinvent the museum as a science and engineering discovery centre.

Dr Terence Pennington of the Inga Foundation has received an MBE for voluntary services to plant sciences and conservation.

Dr Pennington, an honourary research fellow at Kew and resident of Lyme Regis, is a world expert on the Inga tree, which can be used in crop rotation to restore soil fertility and stem the tide of 'slash and burn' farming in the rainforest.

Alice Tai has been awarded an MBE for services to swimming. Alice who will turn 18 at the end of January, swam for Team GB at the Paralympic games in Rio during the summer.

She took home a relay gold in the women's 4x100m medley relay and and individual bronze in the women's S10 100m backstroke.

Alice, a Bournemouth Collegiate School student, competes in the SB9 and S10 classifications for swimmers with impaired muscle power. She was born with bilateral talipes - club foot - and after 14 operations to help her walk her ankles are now fused at a 90 degree angle.

She said: "I was really surprised - I really wasn't expecting it. It was a massive shock, I feel almost like I don't deserve it. 

"Swimming is something I do just as a hobby - I just happened to be good at it. 

"It's really crazy and it's been really hard not to tell anyone."

Saskia Clark, who lives in Poole, and partner Hannah Mills, who comes from Portland, won gold in the women’s 470 dinghy at Rio 2016. 
They are both to receive an MBE for services to sailing. 

In November, the pair were also awarded the prestigious female World Sailor of the Year Award.

They also claimed a silver medal in London.

Weymouth sailor Giles Scott, who won gold at Rio in the Finn class before retiring from the sport, has also been recognised with an MBE. 

His victory meant that Great Britain has won the Finn at the last five Olympics.

Christopher Reynolds, volunteer regional representative for the British Trust of Ornithology and Bournemouth resident, has been awarded the BEM.

The independent charitable research institute looks at evidence of change in wildlife populations.

Sally Parker, Homewatch coordinator for Shipton Gorge, Bridport, was also awarded a BEM. 

The scheme was founded in 1992 by the Village Society and provides an early warning system for residents.

Brenda Clark said she has been in "complete shock" since learning she is to be awarded the British Empire Medal for services to children with cancer.

The 66-year-old launched the Youth Cancer Trust in 1997 shortly after the death of her only child, 21-year-old Tracy Ann.

The organisation, based in the Tracy Ann House in Alum Chine, provides free breaks for young people living with cancer.

Around 240 people holiday with the charity every year.

Brenda said: "I just can't believe it.

"It came completely out of the blue - I had no idea at all. It's a great honour.

"It couldn't have come at a better time for us all.

"2017 marks the 20th anniversary of the trust, so it really is the icing on the cake.

"I'm very lucky to work with a fantastic team and be surrounded by so many inspirational young people."

Tracy Ann was cared for in a geriatric ward with little opportunity to meet others of a similar age who were also undergoing treatment.

When the Clarks wanted to go on holiday, Brenda was advised by consultants not to take Tracy Ann out of hospital.

The experience shaped Brenda's dream to help youngsters on an "intense and difficult path to navigate".

She said: "When Tracy was ill, there wasn't anything like there is today.

"It really all started because I wanted to take her to Lourdes and was told that I couldn't.

"Now I know that she was well enough to go. In those days, it was a very different experience for young people who became ill."

Brenda now lives full-time at Tracy Ann House.

"We're right by the beach, which is just fantastic," she said."There are so many facilities and things to do in Dorset.

"Our visitors can play golf, sail, go horse riding or go-karting, visit the cinema - there are a huge number of possibilities.

"We are also beginning to incorporate new, holistic activities, like yoga and mindfulness."

Young people who holiday with the trust often stay in touch and return year after year, Brenda said.

"I get lots of text messages and cards," she said.

"It's just wonderful."

Thelma Cowan, a member of groups including the Bournemouth Hebrew Ladies Guild, the League of Jewish Women and Emunah, has been honoured with a BEM.

She said: "I still have no idea who proposed me - when it came through the door, I wondered if it was a scam!"

Mrs Cowan has also volunteered for many years at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

Jean Holland, life president of the Poole Swimming Club, is to be made a BEM for services to swimming.

Derek Old of Ibberton in North Dorset has also been recognised with a BEM.

Mr Old has been chair of the parish council for 38 years and a church warden at St Eustace in Ibberton for 47 years. He first moved to the village in 1963.

Steve Saville, director of Verwood-based community radio station Forest FM, and charity campaigner Penny Slade are also to receive the accolade.

And PC Chris Smith has been awarded the Queen's Police Medal for services to road safety.

PC Chris Smith, who joined Dorset Police in 1999 from the Metropolitan Police, serves with the traffic unit.

He is a police driving and motorcycle instructor and acted as a family liaison officer for 13 years.

PC Smith also coordinates motorcycle safety initiative Dorset BikeSafe.

He has regularly attended the Dream Machines Bike Night in Poole Quay with the BikeSafe display unit for the past 15 years, often when off-duty.

PC Smith works with Dr Ian Mews as part of DocBike which aims to deliver a highly-trained trauma doctor to major crashes.

The officer also presents the Safe Drive Stay Alive events coordinated by the Dorset Fire and Rescue Service and aimed at young drivers.

Chief Constable Debbie Simpson said: “Chris embodies all that is good in the police force. His devotion to others stands as an example to us all. 

“Through his actions, countless others have lived and we all owe him a massive debt of gratitude. 

“There isn’t a more worthy person for such an award than PC Chris Smith.”

PC Smith said: “I am deeply humbled.”